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Feb. 3, '1931.

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W, ATTORNEY Patent ed Feb. 3, 1931 HARRY FROW COGGON', OIRHAIQIFAX,ENGLAND TOY vnmcnn Original application filed May 10, 1928, Serial N'o.276,735, and in Great Britain Kay 19, 1927. Divided and this applicationfiled March 21, 1929. Serial No. 848,958.

The present invention relates to toy ,vehicles and'more particularly tothe means for steering toy vehicles when in motion.

The device according to the present invention is applicable to theapparatus for playing games as described in my patent application Ser. N0. 276,735, filed May 10, 1928, and with the steering mechanism asdescribed in the present application, the turn tables described in thedevice according to patent application Ser. No. 276,735, filed May 10,1928, can be eliminated. I

' Acccording to the present invention each front wheel of a toy vehicleis mounted on the end of one arm of a multiple armed lever pivoted atthe junction of said arms about a vertical shaft, the said levers beingangularly displaceable about their shafts, in or er to steer thevehicle, .by the operation of a remote control actuating the movablecore of a sheathed cable, the sheath of which is connected to thevehicle frame and the core of which is directly, or through theintermediary of link mechanism, connected to the levers.

struction of the device, Figure 1 showing the wheels angularly displacedto cause travel in one direction, and Figure 2 showing a simi-' larconstruction with the wheels angularly displaced in the oppositedirection.

Figure 3 is a view showing a modified form of construction of the remotecontrol for displacement of the wheels of the vehicle. I i In Figures 1and 2 the front wheels 46 of the vehicle carried onstub axles aremounted on vertical shafts 47 of the frame F by means of bell cranklevers 67 which are interconnected by a link 48. A pin 49 on the link 48engages in a slot 50 on one arm 51 of a three armed lever pivoted at 52;to a fixed part of the frame work of the vehicle, whilst to one of theremaining arms 51a of the three armed lever is attached a spring 53whose other end is anchored to a fixed the framework of the vehicle.

art v53a of he remaining arm 51?) of the three armed lever is con nectedb means of a flexible cable or lead 54 placeable, the outer sheath 546being fixed to the plate 540 of the vehicle frame F.

The operation of the control is as follows 1 In order to cause the modelto be propelled in a straight line without any change of direction thefinger control 55 is depressed to half its full extent which causes thewheels to take up a position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. Whenhowever, change of direction of the toy vehicle is desired, the fingercontrol is either released, whereupon the spring 53 causes the wheels totake up the position shown in full lines in Figure 2 which causes thevehicle to turn in one direction, or alternatively the finger control 55is completely depressed which causes the wheels to take up the positionon the opposite side of the dotted line position which ensures thevehicle turning in the opposite direction.

A suitable stop 66 on the frame F is provided tolimit the extrememovements of angularity of the wheels.

Figure 3 illustrates a modified form of remote control to take the placeof the remote control 54a, 55 of Figure 2 if desired.

The core 54 of the flexible cable is connected to the lever 63 at whilstthe sheath of the flexible cable is secured to a rigid sleeve 62 mountedon the lever 64 at 60a. The operation of the control is as followsthetwo levers at their connecting ends 60 and 60a for the cable are causedto be opened out by the pressure of the hand of the person on the levers63 and 64 at their free-end whereupon the core of'the flexibleconnection is displaced in respect to its sheath, resulting in themember 56 carrying the front or steering wheels being suitably swungabout its pivot 57 to suit the desired direction of travel.

I declare that what I claim is 1. A toy vehicle consisting of a frame,bell crank levers mounted on vertical pivots on said frame and providedat one end of each with an axle, wheels mounted on said axles, a linkconnecting to ther the other ends of a T-shaped ever pivotally mountedon the frame of the vehicle, a connection between one arm of saidT-shaped lever and said 7 link, a Bowden wire remote control forangularly displacing said T-sha d lever and connected to one end of saidever to move the latter in one direction, and spring means connectedbetween said T-sha d lever and the frame to move the said -shaped leverin the other direction.

2. A toy vehicle comprising a frame, a pair of hell crank levers mountedon vertical pivots on said frame andeach carrying a front v wheel at oneend, a link for connecting the other ends of said bell crank levers, alever engaging said link intermediate its ends, a remote control, and asheath cable connection between said remote control and said lever formoving said lever and link in one direction and thereby displacing saidwheels angularly about the pivots of the bell crank levers, and a springconnected to said lever to move said lever and link in the oppositedirection.

3. A toy vehicle comprising a frame, a pair of bell crank levers mountedon. vertical pivots on said frame and each carrying a wheel at one end,a link for connecting the free ends of said bell crank levers, a rightangle lever, one end of said lever being connected to saidlinkintermediate the ends thereof, a spring connected between another end ofsaid right angle lever and said frame,

a remote control comprising a pair of rela-.

tively displaceable elements, a second pair of relatively displaceableelements of which one is secured to the frame of the vehicle and theother engaged with the right angled lever, and a sheath cable connectionbetween the pair of elements in said remote control and said second pairof elements whereby upon relative movement of one element in the remotecontrol, the element connected to the right angle lever is similarlymoved so that said wheels are displaced angularly about the pivots ofsaid bell crank levers.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 1st day of March,1929.

HARRY FROW COGGON.

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